Reflection Prompt: Reflect on what you plan to do to address the equity and ethics issues when applying technologies. You may share with us about what you have been doing by addressing these aspects and what you will change after learning in this module.
Description: After reading about equality and ethics in technology, I realize that it is a part of a teacher's responsibility when using technology in education is to understand, follow, and promote equality and proper ethics. Due to poor teacher preparation and teacher knowledge, ethics and equality is not always stressed or followed by teachers as it should be. When promoting equality in technology within the classroom it is more than making sure a boy and girl receive equal time on the computer. Equality can be the amount of time an advanced student spends on the computer completing indepth studies and projects, and the amount of time a low student spends completing projects and activities on the computer. Equality also applies in realizing as a teacher that not every child has access to a computer and the internet at home, and may not be able to complete technology based homework. Ethics come into play when students and teachers do not respect copyright laws. It is imparative that teachers are knowledgeable in at least the base copyright laws and commit to model and train their students in following the laws.
Impact: In my classroom, I try my hardest to give every student equal time when using the computer, iPad, or iPod. The two main practice programs I use in my classroom are set up to notify me daily of student progress and usage. This allows me to effectively monitor how often students are accessing the programs - both at school and at home. I would love to assign homework to be completed through different websites on the computer at home. However this is not an equal option because the majority of my students do not have computers at home. Instead, I assign everyone the same paper homework and suggest that if anyone would like extra assignments they may complete suggested websites at home or at the local library.
Intent: The students in my classroom are in first grade. They do not conduct individual research at this point. However, it is still important that I teach them that information on the internet was written by and is owned by someone, just as every book we read has an author and an illustrator. As my class is exposed to video clips, digital images, and electronic books, I will continue to point out to them about the importance of finding out who the creator is. I will also teach them to locate this information on their own. This beginning practice will set the stage for properly documenting and giving credited to writers as they continue in their education.
Reflect on what you plan to do to address the equity and ethics issues when applying technologies. You may share with us about what you have been doing by addressing these aspects and what you will change after learning in this module.
Description: After reading about equality and ethics in technology, I realize that it is a part of a teacher's responsibility when using technology in education is to understand, follow, and promote equality and proper ethics. Due to poor teacher preparation and teacher knowledge, ethics and equality is not always stressed or followed by teachers as it should be. When promoting equality in technology within the classroom it is more than making sure a boy and girl receive equal time on the computer. Equality can be the amount of time an advanced student spends on the computer completing indepth studies and projects, and the amount of time a low student spends completing projects and activities on the computer. Equality also applies in realizing as a teacher that not every child has access to a computer and the internet at home, and may not be able to complete technology based homework. Ethics come into play when students and teachers do not respect copyright laws. It is imparative that teachers are knowledgeable in at least the base copyright laws and commit to model and train their students in following the laws.
Impact: In my classroom, I try my hardest to give every student equal time when using the computer, iPad, or iPod. The two main practice programs I use in my classroom are set up to notify me daily of student progress and usage. This allows me to effectively monitor how often students are accessing the programs - both at school and at home. I would love to assign homework to be completed through different websites on the computer at home. However this is not an equal option because the majority of my students do not have computers at home. Instead, I assign everyone the same paper homework and suggest that if anyone would like extra assignments they may complete suggested websites at home or at the local library.
Intent: The students in my classroom are in first grade. They do not conduct individual research at this point. However, it is still important that I teach them that information on the internet was written by and is owned by someone, just as every book we read has an author and an illustrator. As my class is exposed to video clips, digital images, and electronic books, I will continue to point out to them about the importance of finding out who the creator is. I will also teach them to locate this information on their own. This beginning practice will set the stage for properly documenting and giving credited to writers as they continue in their education.